Table 4.
Number of servings* (mean) of discretionary foods consumed by children at each eating occasion, by gender and age group. The five categories with the highest number of consumers are shown for each occasion
| Eating occasion and discretionary food group | Males | Females | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–3 | 4–8 | 9–11 | 12–13 | 14–18 | 2–3 | 4–8 | 9–11 | 12–13 | 14–18 | |
| Breakfast | ||||||||||
| Sugar, honey and syrups | 0·04 | 0·06 | 0·05 | 0·08 | 0·09 | 0·02 | 0·05 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·07 |
| Butters, fats and oils | 0·03 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·06 | 0·05 | 0·02 | 0·02 | 0·05 | 0·05 | 0·04 |
| Yeast, and yeast vegetable or meat extracts | <0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | <0·01 | <0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | <0·01 | <0·01 |
| Jam and lemon spreads, chocolate spreads, sauces | 0·04 | 0·04 | † | † | 0·01 | † | 0·02 | 0·03 | † | 0·02 |
| Other beverage flavourings and prepared beverages | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·02 | † | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·01 |
| Lunch | ||||||||||
| Processed meat | 0·04 | 0·16 | 0·09 | 0·08 | 0·13 | 0·04 | 0·13 | 0·11 | 0·06 | 0·04 |
| Butters, fats and oils | 0·03 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·05 | 0·02 | 0·04 | 0·03 | 0·05 | 0·02 | 0·02 |
| Gravies and savoury sauces | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·03 | 0·02 | 0·02 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·03 |
| Yeast, and yeast vegetable or meat extracts | 0·01 | 0·01 | <0·01 | <0·01 | <0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | 0·01 | † | <0·01 |
| Soft drinks, and flavoured mineral waters | † | 0·03 | 0·04 | 0·16 | 0·19 | † | 0·05 | 0·04 | 0·05 | 0·06 |
| Dinner | ||||||||||
| Gravies and savoury sauces | 0·02 | 0·02 | 0·04 | 0·03 | 0·03 | 0·01 | 0·02 | 0·03 | 0·03 | 0·07 |
| Soft drinks, and flavoured mineral waters | † | 0·01 | 0·08 | 0·16 | 0·15 | † | 0·07 | 0·08 | 0·05 | 0·10 |
| Potato products | 0·09 | 0·12 | 0·28 | 0·11 | 0·28 | 0·09 | 0·09 | 0·14 | 0·09 | 0·24 |
| Processed meat | 0·17 | 0·20 | 0·21 | 0·22 | 0·21 | 0·10 | 0·11 | 0·11 | † | 0·09 |
| Frozen milk products | 0·09 | 0·12 | 0·10 | 0·24 | 0·13 | 0·03 | 0·07 | 0·08 | 0·05 | 0·10 |
| Morning snack | ||||||||||
| Sweet biscuits | 0·09 | 0·13 | 0·18 | 0·09 | 0·11 | 0·13 | 0·11 | 0·19 | † | 0·09 |
| Savoury snacks including potato, maize, extruded, and other snacks | 0·03 | 0·15 | 0·16 | 0·16 | 0·08 | † | 0·11 | 0·18 | 0·11 | 0·06 |
| Muesli, fruit, nut and seed-bars | † | 0·09 | 0·14 | 0·09 | 0·06 | 0·03 | 0·06 | 0·07 | 0·07 | 0·08 |
| Cakes, muffins, scones, cake-type desserts | † | 0·15 | 0·10 | † | 0·12 | † | 0·13 | 0·19 | 0·14 | 0·07 |
| Savoury biscuits | † | 0·05 | † | † | † | † | 0·01 | 0·09 | † | † |
| Afternoon snack | ||||||||||
| Sweet biscuits | 0·15 | 0·19 | 0·09 | 0·14 | 0·10 | 0·28 | 0·09 | 0·16 | 0·21 | 0·07 |
| Savoury snacks including potato, maize, extruded and other snacks | 0·09 | 0·31 | 0·14 | 0·12 | 0·17 | 0·09 | 0·11 | 0·1 | 0·19 | 0·10 |
| Confectionery | 0·05 | 0·07 | 0·06 | 0·03 | 0·04 | † | 0·04 | 0·03 | 0·06 | 0·05 |
| Chocolate and chocolate-based confectionery | 0·12 | 0·07 | 0·15 | † | 0·08 | 0·08 | 0·07 | 0·08 | 0·25 | 0·19 |
| Soft drinks and flavoured mineral waters | † | 0·04 | 0·12 | 0·08 | 0·17 | † | 0·04 | 0·03 | 0·12 | 0·06 |
| Evening snack | ||||||||||
| Chocolate and chocolate-based confectionery | † | 0·04 | 0·04 | 0·16 | 0·11 | 0·05 | 0·08 | † | 0·09 | 0·18 |
| Frozen milk products | † | 0·08 | 0·12 | 0·09 | 0·09 | † | 0·05 | 0·10 | 0·29 | 0·10 |
| Sweet biscuits | † | † | † | † | 0·03 | † | 0·03 | 0·03 | † | 0·08 |
| Soft drinks and flavoured mineral waters | † | † | † | † | 0·16 | † | † | † | † | 0·03 |
| Confectionery | † | † | † | † | 0·02 | † | 0·02 | † | † | 0·02 |
*
Results shown using weighted data.
†
Data not shown where cell size are n 10 or less.